Enos Mills' Colorado

For the first quarter of the twentieth century the names Enos Mills and Estes Park were virtually synonymous. Mills’ base of operations was his rustic mountain inn at the foot of Longs Peak, where he wrote some sixteen books and scores of magazine and newspaper articles familiarizing the nation with the scenic wonders and animal life of the Rocky Mountain West. Rocky Mountain National Park owes its existence to the tenacity and vision of Enos Mills. The straightforward stories Mills told of...